‘Dancing on Water – Living Above Life’s Circumstances’ is a collection of short faith-inspiring articles that are born from Bill Joukhadar’s 40+ years journey with God. These ‘life-tested’ articles are intended to inspire existing believers to live 100% of their lives, publicly and unashamedly by faith, in honour of God. They are also intended to interest possible newcomers to take a closer look at Christ and the Christian faith.
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How to be in the right place at the right time: Part 1
Living our lives aligned with God’s purposes is the best place to be. Does this happen automatically, or do we play a part? Ed. In Gen 24:1-27 there is a fascinating story about how Rebekah came to be the wife of Abraham’s son, Isaac. It starts with Abraham entrusting his head servant with the challenging Read more
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When Grief Overwhelms
We have all experienced grief in varying degrees during life’s journey, but how do we navigate these dark times and still maintain a sense of hope and peace? Today, Marian nails these questions with answers from the one true source … the Word of God. Ed. Sit with Me and let Me absorb the pain. Read more
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The ‘Music’ of the Gospel
Do you have this special music within you? Music that is pleasing to God? Read how you, too, can spread this vital kind of music to those around you … Mark reported in His Gospel account the words of Jesus, “Go into the world and preach the Good News to everyone” (Mk. 16:15 NLT). Evangelism Read more
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Jesus Is Coming for You!
Pastor Sam from Nigeria, our Guest Author for this week, assures us that Jesus will meet us in our every problem and difficult circumstance. We just need to look to Him… Editor. “…how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were Read more
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“I Will Always Love You”
Discovering the love of God deep down in your heart is a game-changer … are you willing to pursue the discovery? “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions neverfail. 23 They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV) The bible is full of wonderful assurances that God pre-destined us Read more
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What Comes Next?
Marian opens up the conversation today with a subject that, as believers, we shouldn’t be afraid to discuss. If you have wrestled with this topic, may you find a peace that truly does go beyond all human understanding; and, as you read what God has to say, you will come to realise that the best Read more
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Who’s in Charge?
Would I be correct in thinking that most people like to be in control of most things in their life? Or at least think they are in control? My hand goes up. In his excellent article today, Bill asks us to consider where our ‘free-will vote’ rests? You are the only one who can answer this! Ed. Read more
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Tested by the word of the Lord ‒ Part 4
Our final article today explores Joseph’s integrity … Why was Joseph’s integrity in his dream interpretations for Pharaoh’s chief cupbearer and chief baker so important? I see four main reasons: 1. In this way, he continued to honour God and ensure the continuation of God’s favour, generally, on everything he would do. In particular, if Read more
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Tested by the word of the Lord ‒ Part 3
Day 3 – does Joseph qualify? For Joseph to eventually be in a position to interpret Pharaoh’s dreams he needed, first, to be able to interpret the dreams of Pharaoh’s chief cupbearer and chief baker. And to do that, he not only had to be able to correctly interpret dreams, he also had to qualify Read more
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